Disturbing

Rating: 1/10 (25 September 2005)

28 Days is by far the most violent/brutal movie that I have seen. Before I used to think movies such as Kill Bill I&II are brutal/exceedingly violent with their signature non-stop scenes of eye-ball gouging and samurai sword dicing human limbs like they are made of tofu and even Sin City! ...somehow this film manage to beat both of them and more. (It sort of reminds me of Dawn of the Dead remake, the most similar one I can think of right now. But Dawn was a classic straight forward horror, it did not leave deep impressions) I was so grossed out by 28 days =.=" but it's been a day that I watched it, I can't exactly translate my thoughts to words as to why that was the case though I suspect I was suffering from an overdose of sheer brutality. By the end my desire to analyze the symbolisms or metaphors whatever that some claimed was abundant became nil. The way the storyline was constructed--disturbing, the way the fight scene was constructed--disturbing. I do not like the ending and cannot sympathize with any of the main characters. Some spoilers: I had left the TV room with 2 scenes firmly attached to my head, one in the beginning when Frank was disposed (When i watched Hotel Rwanda, the main character said something to the effect of "the machete is no way to die, I'd rather you take the kids and jump off the top of the building" I concur with that)and the other near the end when some soldier died (or just paralyzed by shock?) because Jim managed to stuck his thumbs into his eye sockets and pressed....and pressed...(can you really die from that? I don't know but anyways...)The infected humans on the other hand are not scary since all they do is pretty much chasing after uninfected people, spitting blood and attacking victims with fists teeth and all but no tools off camera. The atmosphere didn't strike me as tense, it is almost carried out at a leisure pace until the final scene in the military mansion where we see Jim had come back with his own type of rage....
Obviously this movie have done its job projecting its horrible images and mentality into me and perhaps some others. mission accomplished as a horror movie so much so it deserve a 10 but watching it had left me with such mental burden I'd rather give it a 10 in then negative direction and due to the fact that you cannot give negative ratings I gave it a 1. Be forewarned that this movie is twisted in the mental sense. Not a movie for everyone. I regretted watching it (coming from a person who had watched a good number of slashers/horrors)and feel like writing about it so some people interested can know what it's like before renting it or buying it etc.